Push, Nevada (2002– )

A Federal agent travels to a small town in search of a missing $1 million (while the audience gets a chance to find - and win - the money first).

Stars:

Monty Bane, Josh Todd, Derek Cecil

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Monty Bane	...	Freezing Man (7 episodes, 2002)
Josh Todd		(7 episodes, 2002)
Derek Cecil	...	James A. Prufrock (6 episodes, 2002)
Scarlett Chorvat	...	Mary Sloman (6 episodes, 2002)
Liz Vassey	...	Dawn Mitchell (6 episodes, 2002)
W. Earl Brown	...	Shadrach (5 episodes, 2002)
Larry Poindexter	...	Well Dressed Man #3 (5 episodes, 2002)
Abby Brammell	...	Darlene Prufrock (4 episodes, 2002)
Steven Culp	...	Well-Dressed Man #2 (3 episodes, 2002)
David Carey Foster	...	Wesson (3 episodes, 2002)
Jim Ortlieb	...	The Middle Management Man (3 episodes, 2002)
Joel Bissonnette	...	The Artist (2 episodes, 2002)
Andy Kreiss	...	Casino Host (2 episodes, 2002)
James Patrick Stuart	...	Well Dressed Man #3 (2 episodes, 2002)
Mary Stein	...	Myrna (2 episodes)

Storyline

A Federal agent travels to a small town in search of a missing $1 million (while the audience gets a chance to find - and win - the money first).

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Plot Keywords:

audience participation | nevada | short lived | jackpot | television flop

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Taglines:

Romance. Mystery. Murder. All in the first degree.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

ABC

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce Air Park - 33638 Agua Dulce Canyon Road, Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

LivePlanet, Touchstone Television, Touchstone Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (7 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The show was an interactive mystery series where the audience could play along, collect clues, and attempt to win the missing money. Players could also find clues at different internet websites seen on the show. Originally scheduled to air 13 episodes, ABC Television cancelled the show after seven episodes. The final clue of the series was broadcast during the pre-game show during Monday Night Football on 28 October 2002.

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Quotes

James A. Prufrock: Grace, how far away is Push, Nevada?

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Crazy Credits

The weekly opening credits of the show included clues for that week's episode, except for the final episode.

User Reviews

Too sophisticated to be properly appreciated

No one could ever be deluded into thinking that `Push, Nevada' was going to be a mass-market success. To appreciate the series, a potential viewer has to watch every second of every episode; an easily bored viewer wouldn't have had the patience to do this. I suppose ABC's gimmick of embedded clues leading to a $1 million prize was an attempt to garner additional viewer patience, but obviously it didn't work. In contrast, Fox's functionally similar `24' has been able to consistently engage the average viewer to watch every episode, but only by making the conspiracy utterly simplistic and the thrills quick, cheap, and gratuitous. What made `Push, Nevada' great also made it a commercial failure. Only those who enjoyed sifting through the show's clever and quirky minutiae appreciated how truly great the series was.